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Monday, November 3, 2025
Nov 25, 2025 11:00 AM (EST) Generative AI is permeating higher education in many different ways—it is all around us and increasingly embedded in university work and life, even if we don’t want to use it. But people are also sounding the alarm: Gen AI is disrupting learning and undermining trust in the integrity... More
Monday, October 27, 2025
CMOS Ottawa Centre & Carleton University DGES Topographies Seminar Series-Stefania Maggi Climate Change, Mental Health, and Psychological Wellbeing Wednesday 5 November, 3:00 - 4:30 pm EST Climate change represents a critical threat to environmental stability and physical health, while also acting as a significant risk multiplier for mental... More
NOVEMBER 27, 2025, 3:00–5:00PM A talk about how trees have been deployed as living profilmic objects & powerful symbols in a range of films, from documentaries to genre pictures to auteurist works, including European period dramas, adaptations of Jane Austen, a Cuban film about slavery, & the 2021 documentary, Taming the Garden. Thomas... More
Sunday, October 5, 2025
The Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy and the Max Bell School of Public Policy out of McGill University, will be holding their 2025 edition of their annual conference on energy and climate policy, Ecofiscal. This year’s conference, titled “Climate at a Crossroads: Tackling disinformation in economic and environmental policy”... More
Monday, July 21, 2025
Re.Climate, housed at Carleton University, is Canada’s go-to centre for training, research, and strategy on climate change communications and public engagement. They’re looking for a PhD student to join the team as a Research Assistant for the Fall and Winter terms (September 2, 2025 to February 27, 2026). To apply: Please send your resume... More
Saturday, July 19, 2025
On July 23rd at 7pm, the UONDP will be hosting a virtual QnA with Matt Huber, the author of Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet. Matt will be discussing the importance of creating climate politics that actually appeal and improve the conditions of the working class, and provide us... More
Monday, June 2, 2025
Developed with the latest scientific research, the course is designed to build both personal and professional resilience—equipping learners with strategies to prevent burnout, provide compassionate and effective care, and support youth navigating the mental health impacts of a changing climate. Through engaging original and curated content,... More
Monday, May 19, 2025
Presented by Master Gardeners of Ottawa-Carleton (MGOC), this speaker series is the perfect opportunity for members of Carleton’s faculty & staff community to learn from a local Master Gardener, acquire new gardening skills and knowledge, and connect with fellow gardeners across campus. Gardening Speaker Series This series will consist... More
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Join us on Monday, May 12th from 11:30am to 1pm for a fun, family-friendly rally for climate justice on Parliament Hill! The demonstration is the culminating point of the two-day bike Pilgrimage for the Planet coming from Montreal to demand Canada sign onto the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (FFNPT) - to end expansion of all fossil fuel... More
Monday, April 14, 2025
Welcome to the 17th Annual Heritage Conservation Symposium 2025! On The Edge Of Collapse: Changing Heritage For A Climate In Crisis April 26, 2025, 8:30 to 3:30 at Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street Programme Registration is now open until April 18 Registration includes lunch and coffee breaks. $45 Regular, $15 Students and... More
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Is Climate Policy Dead?: A Webinar on the Fate of the Energy Transition April 3, 2025 12:00-2:30PM With the start of a second Trump presidency, the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the Canadian government’s retreat from carbon pricing, and the recent letter where Canadian oil executives retreat from earlier commitments, one might... More
Carleton University’s Climate Commons with the Ottawa International Writers Festival presents an author reading and discussion on Ruthanna Emrys' A Half-Built Garden. A literary descendent of Ursula K. Le Guin, Ruthanna Emrys’s has crafted a novel of extraterrestrial diplomacy and urgent climate repair bursting with quiet, tenuous hope and... More
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